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deathbound

deathbound adjective: bound by death; tied to or connected with death; mortal.

Adjective (1)

deathbound (comparative more deathbound, superlative most deathbound)

  1. Bound by death; tied to or connected with death; mortal
    • Not long ago, as eternity flows, most of humanity felt earthbound, sin-bound, limitation-bound, deathbound, fear-bound, and guilt-bound.1985, Unity, volume 165

Adjective (2)

deathbound (comparative more deathbound, superlative most deathbound)

  1. Fated or destined to die.
    • That the human spirit is mortal, deathbound, that death does not befall our existence by accident or as a catastrophe, but that our existence, of its own nature, projects itself, with all its forces, unto its death — […]1989, Alphonso Lingis, Deathbound Subjectivity
    Synonyms:
    fey

Synonyms of deathbound

Forms of deathbound

comparativemore deathbound
superlativemost deathbound
alternative formdeath-bound

Origin of deathbound

From death + bound (“tied; connected”).

From death + -bound (“destined to”).

Questions about deathbound

What does deathbound mean?
Deathbound means bound by death; tied to or connected with death; mortal.
What part of speech is deathbound?
Deathbound is an adjective.

Words near deathbound in the dictionary

  1. deathblows
  2. deathbook
  3. deathbooks
  4. deathbot
  5. deathbots
  6. deathbound
  7. deathbox
  8. deathboxes
  9. deathcamas
  10. deathcamp
  11. deathcamps

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